by Insight Editor | Mar 26, 2021 | Discipline and Grievances, Employee Discipline, Fraud, Fraud in the Workplace, Workplace Conflict
In 2020, PwC conducted its bi-annual Irish Economic Crime and Fraud Survey of more than seventy Irish organisations. When asked whether their organisation had experienced any form of fraud, corruption, cybercrime or other economic crime within the previous 24 months,...
by Sarah Maher | May 28, 2020 | Employment Law Compliance, Workplace Conflict
When it was announced that Ireland would begin easing Covid-19 restrictions on the 18th of May, the news was bittersweet. Businesses that could reopen in one of the earlier phases breathed a sigh of relief. This relief, however, was short-lived. It soon became clear...
by Sarah Maher | May 28, 2020 | Workplace Conflict
All employers have, “so far as is reasonably practicable,” a responsibility to safeguard “the safety, health and welfare at work of his or her employees”. In order to fully comply with this requirement in the middle of the current crisis, employers need to stay on top...
by Sarah Maher | Apr 30, 2020 | Workplace Conflict, Workplace Investigations
If you have arrived here from a Google search and you are wondering how to conduct a remote workplace investigation, we suggest you check out Part One of this two-part series here. So, you’ve made the initial preparations for your remote workplace investigation,...
by Sarah Maher | Apr 30, 2020 | Workplace Conflict, Workplace Investigations
In our last blog we discussed the reasons why you should consider bringing your workplace investigations online. It is understandable that you might have some initial reticence about doing so. After all, workplace investigations can be a minefield at the best of...
by Insight Editor | Mar 2, 2020 | Discipline and Grievances, Workplace Conflict
Last month saw the reckoning of Harvey Weinstein, as he faced judge and juror over the allegations of sexually motivated crimes that sparked the #metoo movement. At the time of writing, his fate remains undecided. It is safe to say however, that Harvey Weinstein has...
